水母
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Chinese[edit]
water; river | female; mother | ||
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simp. and trad. (水母) |
水 | 母 |
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "mother"?”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
水母
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 母 |
くらげ | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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海月 |
⟨kurage1⟩ → */kuraᵑɡʲe/ → /kuraɡe/
From Old Japanese. The kanji is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).
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Usage notes[edit]
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クラゲ.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 行灯水母 (andon kurage)
- 瓜水母 (urikurage)
- 帯水母 (obikurage)
- 銀貨水母 (ginka kurage)
- 櫛水母 (kushikurage)
- 象水母 (zōkurage)
- 電気水母 (denki kurage)
- 鉢水母 (hachikurage)
- 花笠水母 (hanagasa kurage)
- 備前水母 (Bizen kurage)
- 水水母 (mizukurage)
Idioms[edit]
- 水母の骨 (kurage no hone, “jellyfish bones → something exceedingly rare; something that one would not expect to exist”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 母 |
すい Grade: 1 |
ぼ Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 水母 (MC sywijX muwX).
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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水 | 母 |
Noun[edit]
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